THE names of the candidates competing at the 2019 local elections have been released.

Ballot boxes across the borough will be open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday, May 2 for residents to make their selections.

Here are the candidates in our area that are hoping to win your votes:

Astley and Mosley Common

Allan Hogg- UK Independence Party (UKIP)

Christine Roberts- Labour

Richard Short- Conservative

Atherleigh

Mark Aldred- Labour

Susan Davies- Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley Together (LATT)

Paul Fairhurst- Conservative

Mary Lavelle- UKIP

Kevin Lee- Independent Network

Atherton

Marjorie Clayton- Conservative

Glenn Marsh- UKIP

Quinton Smith- LATT

David Keir Stitt- Labour

James Paul Watson- Independent Network

Golborne and Lowton West

Stuart Blakeley- UKIP

Gerard Houlton- Conservative

Gena Merrett- Labour and Co-operative Group

Susan Spibey- Independent

Hindley

Jim Churton- Labour

Jim Ellis- Independent Network

Neil Hancox- Green Party - Save our Green Space

Claire Houlton- Conservative

John Skipworth- Liberal Democrats

Hindley Green

Susan Atherton- Conservative

Gillian Gibson- UKIP

Joshua Hindle- Liberal Democrats

Deborah Lloyd- Independent Group

John Vickers- Labour

Leigh East

John Dowsett- Liberal Democrats

Richard Houlton- Conservative

James Morley- LATT

Aiden Slack- UKIP

Anita Thorpe- Labour

Leigh South

John O'Brien- Labour

Leon Peters- UKIP

Connor Short- Conservative

Leigh West

Dane Anderton- Labour

Brian Aspinall- UKIP

Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves- LATT

Natalie Smalley- Liberal Democrats

Denise Young- Conservative

Lowton East

Mary Houghton- UKIP

Kathleen Houlton- Conservative

Garry Lloyd- Labour

Tyldesley

Kerry Ford- UKIP

Stephen Hellier- Labour

Julian Marsh- Independent

David Stirzaker- Conservative

To be be included in the electoral register the local authority must receive applications by Friday, April 12.

New applications to vote must be received by 5pm on Monday, April 15.

The address to send them in the post is:

Electoral Registration Officer at The Elections Office, Town Hall, Library Street, Wigan, WN1 1YN

Online votes can be made via the online registration service by clicking here.

For more information about the local elections click here.